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[quote author= post=69115540]Now we understand better.
Thanks fornthe rejoinder bro.
The person went a bit far.[/quote]The priest was racist, short and simple. The “stress” as mentioned by his defender (ubenedictus) brought out the latent racism in him. Which kind dirty stress will make him refer to the deceased (a life long member of the Church’) as a “thing” and throw the corpse and family out without performing the last rites??

Do you know what the last rites mean to the family? It is her final transition into the next life (hopefully heaven) and the priest of all people, the supposed spiritual counselor profaned the whole event He threw them out and called the cops? He is a CALLOUS LOW DOWN RACIST!!! who has no respect for the dead.

Suspension is definitely not enough, he should be fired. And yes, he should shove his half assed apology.

rayobaba:
Proper burial right my ass. Bone them. They shd go ask buhari for their right. Those people. Make l no call them wetin dey my mind. Their tradition is like cow to Fulani. They shd wise up. Ds is 21st century

Which people? Bose’s people?

Nina pulled it off very, nicely. I actually prefer the fact that she has on the white tank top. It sets everything off very nicely.

The only No is her shoes. You can’t pair a”busy” outfit with “busy” shoes. She should have gone with a more simple footwear.

@Dremca. This just crossed my mind. Aku also means wealth.

You know how people say “Aku na Uba”, right?

It literally means Wealth and Plenty. So take your pick.

#Udo

danjumakolo:
He meant because it's an interlectual thread.You won't see bigots,haters and saddists comment.

Intellectual.

Sadism. Thank me later.

SacredMustang:



My Mother has always warned me never to interfere in family matters.



This is a case between Buhari and his Brothers. If you dare interfere now, you're either killed, maimed, butchered, kidnapped without trace, charged for hate speech or tagged an enemy of the state.

I'll just be observing

Butterflyleo:
[s]If you had read it, you still would have had a blind spot with understanding it any way so good thing you saved yourself the embarrassment. [/s]

More drivel!!

Butterflyleo:
[s]Nobody is stopping you from growing a naija town in the US and that is not even what I am on about.

I am simply saying that you were in error when you tried to correct an already correct expression for the word Okra by saying okro. I even said both are correct but you obviously have a blind spot when it comes to properly understanding what you are told or read.

Here you are drifting off to building cultural communities which is rather outlandish considering what I was trying to pass across to you as a message.

I could say that you are the one with an extremely low self esteem about yourself if you feel that by accepting a contrary yet correct pronunciation to what you know is a huge problem for you yet you feel totally comfy when you do the same and the Americans accept yours.

You were obviously too beggarly which was why you opted to move to the US to begin with. Learn not to sound so condesending when trying to say anything. You began that way and you are still continuing that way and that is totally wrong.

You know what you know and they know that they know but they will not change their already existing language for you and neither will you change yours for them so why not embrace what each says which is still very correct from each others perspective? THAT IS ALL I AM SAYING.

Its folks like you who say the British and Americans are wrong when they both express English and your vernacular is correct or you say the Americans are right while the British are wrong and vice versa. Language is simply for communication and what suites and is accepted by one and his or her culture is right from their point of view but that does not make others from other cultures wrong when they also have the same things in their own places but have to call it by their own names.

Perhaps the yorubas are wrong for calling plantain dodo knowing very well that is not what the igbos or hausas or even the Americans call it.

Heal and stop being bitter.[/s]

Drivel!!! Didn’t read!

Butterflyleo:
They may understand you because they sense you meant okra which they are used to calling it.

I am not trying to be more British than the Queen but simply letting you know that you need to get off your high horse and embrace the world and whatever they choose to "correctly" call a thing because even as okra it is also correct.

This being a Nigerian forum does not mean that only Nigerians are here and also does not mean that everyone must embrace our way of saying stuff.

Same way you insist on okro they can also insist on their okra or lady finger. The ability to be flexible with our understanding is key and that is what the Americans where you are are doing with you whenever you say okro rather than okra. Get it?

Well you need to get off your low horse and grow some self esteem. Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans etc all propagate their culture with pride. All over the U.S. there are Chinatowns, Koreatowns etc. These towns grew because of the pride this people took in their culture and their desire to propagate said culture. And trust Americans and more than willing to learn such culture as long as you believe in self. Unfortunately, some of you are too beggarly to propagate anything. Always trying to fit in. Bunch of lemmings!

Butterflyleo:
You miss the point. Be it okro or okra both are right. Saying one is original is archaic right now. One may be indigenous to Nigeria as okro pronunciation but no longer so elsewhere and even if someone says okra you already know it to mean okro so both of you are right.

If the British call it lady finger or okra, when you get to the UK tell them you want to buy okro and not lady finger or okra and see how they would respond to you.

I live in the U.S. I buy it all the time. I call it Okro and they totally understand what I am asking for. Wake with your “archaic” talk. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

BTW, this is a Nigerian forum. Nigerians always trying to be more British than the British

Butterflyleo:
Another name for okro is OKRA. He is right.

The original name is Okro. The eating of Okro was a tradition taken by enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to North America, South America and the Carribean. Because of the passage of time, loss of language etc. it came to be mispronounced as Okra. I say stick with the original especially as a Nigerian who knows better.

The English name of the vegetable is Lady Finger. Otherwise stick with the original pronunciation (Okro) and not a mispronunciation which arose as a result of time and circumstance

Dremca, you can also consider Ikere. I have met someone with that last name

Dremca:
I posted on nairaland https://www.nairaland.com/4243960/should-change-surname-please-need late last year on my decision to change my surname, "Nweke."

At first I wanted to change to "Lawrence" which is my grand father's English name but after having a second thought and the opinions I got concerning having an identity, I decided to change to something native.

My decision for changing my surname was as a result of concern of having a clear meaning and origin of the surname I bear. However, "Nweke" means "A child born on the 'eke' market day", "eke" being one of the four market days in the Igbo calendar has no significant meaning to my life journey. I wouldn't want to accept what I can't even explain to my unborn kids in the future nor accept a surname because everyone in my family bears it.

For that reason, I decided to change my from "Nweke" to "Ekeh" meaning creation. I believed this proposed surname of mine has so much to talk about my life jouney, from going from the unknown to the known; from being a natural man to a reformed and informed man.

I will really appreciate your thought about this new surname and its meaning.

Ke = Create

Kere = Created

Ike = To create. It can also mean strength. The “I” is pronounced like an English “E”. Hence the name Ikenna is pronounced Ekenna. Same thing applies with Ike (To create).

Now when a word starts with an “E” in Igbo language, the “E” pronunciation is a little different from the English “E” pronunciation. I would say that the closest sound to it would be “eh”. Hence Eke would be pronounced as “Ehke”. Now mind you, I am not in favor of adding consonants where they shouldn’t be. I advocate people learning the Igbo alphabet/pronunciation. Adding h at the end of a name is just a needless, adulteration.


Creation = Okike.

Dremca:
Can you please help me translate them to igbo

Wealth/Abundance = Uba

Chinwuba is my friends last name. It means God is the owner/giver of wealth.

Amara = Grace/Favor. Amarachi = God’s grace/favor.

There is nothing wrong with the names Nweke, Noriega, Nwafo or Nwankwo. In Ghana most boys are named after the day of the week they were born e.g Kofi, Kodak, Kwadjo, Kweku. Even their women are named.
similarly.

Nweke just means a child born on Eke which is a day of the week in Igbo. You have to stop living under this cloud of fear and suspicion of everything pertaining to your culture and the way of your ancestors. You did not spring out of the earth full grown. You are great and special because they were great and special people. I posted a number of times on your other thread.

All the so call English days of the week were named after one European god or the other. Thursday is after Thor. Saturday is named after the god Saturn. Same thing with all the other days after the week. I am sure you describe the days of the week using this system, right? After these words pass your lips, are u left feeling like a heathen? Some Nigerians even name their children Monday, Sunday etc. and I bet you won’t find anything wrong with it. So why this hullabaloo about Nweke? Focus on what the name literally means, instead of all these contusions about some god, snake etc.

To sum it up, you can choose Eke if you want, maybe Uba or any of the other translations I offered. I however strongly advise against putting a “h” at the end of the name. Putting h at the end of Dike, Eke, Uba etc is stupid in my opinion. Igbo names do not end with a consonant. Putting a consonant renders everything meaningless. All the different permutations of the words carry a high or low tone. H can never be used to denote a high or low tone. If so, I might as well tell you that Ekeh means snake. Please stop splitting hairs, okay. Trying to run away from your shadow is an exercise is futility and will only lead to ruin.

delishpot:
Slowly after they get perverts to love dolls more than women they will start creating dolls that will only have sex after marriage. Slowly men are being trained in necrophilia and they are celebrating it too.

You don tok am finish. So many gullible people who lack critical thinking skills. Iti kom kom’s full everywia

maxiuc:
How do you mix your egusi


Op just switch to okra soup

Okro soup/ Ofe Okro

Mujtahida:
What I mean is that intrinsically Nigerians are not dishonest but we have created a society, a system that corrupts us.

Key word:we created.

Okay. So since we created it, each and everyone of us is responsible for undoing the mess. Everyone of us must resolve to be honest in the small things and by so doing, change the prevailing culture. After all, little drops of watch make an ocean.

Also a person who can’t be faithful in the little things, cannot be faithful in big things. E.g. the Politicians did not just become thieves when they were sworn into office. Politicians are chosen from the polity. The more honest the polity is (generally) the greater the chances that we will actually get an honest politician.

Mujtahida:
In context we are saying the same thing.

No we are not. We are on opposite ends of the spectrum.
You were making excuses that Nigeria makes people dishonest. My point is that Nigeria is the way it is because people are dishonest. Kpom kwem.

LucifersLight:
Sowore is a Yoruba man . Not all Yoruba fell for Buhari's greek gift

Did Sowore not tirelessly campaign for APC/Buhari Bia Saharareporters? What changed? The fact that he is vying for the Presidency? There is no honor among thieves.

Mujtahida:
Almost impossible to be honest in this country. Nigeria makes the imperative of survival too pressing, too choking, makes life so demanding. If you want some air, you gats to steal, deceive and cheat others. A regular Nigerian is a cheat. I'm not judging no one. Nigeria made us so.

Nigeria is not some abstract thing.

Nigerians are Nigeria. Nigerian’s made Nigeria the way it is.

Until Nigerians take accountability and resolve on average to be honest, Nigeria will remain the way it is.

makydebbie:
That girl on the cover is black please. Very black.

The girl is an African please. And she's black. Maybe it's your device or something but that's not a white girl.

Maybe.

My impression (of a shadowy) is that of a white girl shot in a shadowy background. Aside from the face the only part of the picture that shows a little skin (a shade or two darker than her face) is her hand? Or is that her hand or gloves that she has on?

Is that hair flowing out from underneath her cape or is it decorative fur? Most little African girls (not referring to women) do not wear their hair in that flowing style. Based on all these, my first impression was not of a little black girl.

Anyway, more importantly, congrats on your book.

makydebbie:
Amen and amen.
Thanks sweetheart.
Too much love, God bless you too.

Is your novel about a white girl? If not, why is your cover art of a white girl? Why is the picture so reminiscent of little red riding hood? If your book is about a little Ghanian or African girl, go ahead and give that the appropriate representation on your book cover. The world is awash, as is, with the opposite.

Phyde:
From the pictures, i don't think she ran into the moving tanker on that lane. Or is the tanker trying to park when she ran into it?

You are correct. The woman did not run into anything. The truck is basically on the culvert/sidewalk. The driver was negligent.

Follygunners:
All I can see na OKORO soup not, Okro soup, abeg!

Real okro soup prepared by the real owners (Yoruba pple) no dey get the leaves.

If you know, you know!

Ignorance of the highest order. Okro is an Igbo word and Okro soup is 100% an Igbo soup. It was and is still so popular amongst the Igbo’s that the slaves took it across the Atlantic to the America’s. People in the Southern United States use it in their gumbo and they call it Okra which is a mispronunciation of/and comes for the word Okro. The English word for Okro is Lady Fingers.

Next time stick to your Ila asepe or whatever you call that your slimy puke worthy soup. Okro is and will forever be ours.

VIPERVENOM:
I need to go and kill somebody there

And you will be tossed in the High Security Prison and not the half way house you see there.

OP is somewhat misleading. A Half Way House is exactly that: A person goes to a Halfway house after they have served their prison sentence but prior to their complete release, into the open population. Its almost like being on probation or parole.

princfred:
You wrote the bolded then you are supporting this


This is what happens when your ate trying to deny or downplay history and truth.
Guy get your logic straight.

Funny thing is that in the 14th Century, the Europe you talked about was in the dark ages. Marco Polo traveled to the court of the Chinese King and he was blown away by all he saw there. He stayed there studying and learning for 2 years. Gun powder was manufactured in China and it was with the help of guns and gunpowder that they could colonize the world and put people in slavery. Trousers originated from Genghis Khan and the Tibetan steepes. In present day the average person thinks trousers is a Western invention but it’s not

princfred:
Yeah good you and other dim wits like you know men fantasize about meeting ladies with the qualities op listed about white girls.

Will you sharrapp there! Nincompoop! Who gives a rats arse about your rinky dink fantasy

princfred:
I was not quoting you there. But your case is too stupid for me to handle now. So better to let you bleat away till i have the chance meanwhile greboy knows Asians had to follow western civilizations in manufacturing to develop. So he can explain that to you first .

Capt save a white to the rescue. Capping for them all over this thread like the good and faithful servant are. Nope Greiboy did not agree with you on that stance. You are all alone buddy. He stood with me. Half knowledge is very deadly!

Oyindidi:
Tell us about the private jet you bought. Go sleep my friend! Everybody na billionaire online

You know before I thought it was young girls that used to fantasize, always dreaming about Prince Charming, and with their heads in the clouds. Having read NL, I have come to realize that some of the men on here have live in a fantastical dream world

princfred:
You wrote the bolded then you are supporting this


This is what happens when your ate trying to deny or downplay history and truth.
Guy get your logic straight.

What you wrote up there is drivel. My point was very clear. The Asians forced a technological transfer, they copied, stole trade secrets and did whatever they needed to do. But essential to this was a belief in themselves. They did not follow meekly. Oh no, no, no. People with your inferior mindset do not even feel confident enough to copy and replicate. You feel your white masters have two heads thus you actively seek to challenge any of your brothers who question and seek to change the status quo. Unfortunately the current leaders of Nigeria have this same mentality as yours. When they go to the negotiating table, they go with cap in hand, like beggars and get raped over and over again. Whole thing reeks of inferiority complex that is why till today you see vestiges of neocolonialism.
All I have to say is if you are not part of the solution, then you are a part of the problem

Favor99:
Yea that’s true they did the same thing in Australia, and also did barbaric stuff in the Congo. King Leopold killed 10 million Congolese

Yes the Genocide in Congo. You hardly hear a pip about that yet the Leopold “Hitler” of a war criminal is treated like a hero in his home country, while his atrocities are swept under the carpet.

What about the atrocities of Sir Rhodes, yet we have the Rhodes scholarship commemorating such a criminal. What about the genocide in Namibia by the Germans where the killed off huge swathes of the Khoisan and other native people. These are all pretty recent history. Well hidden and barely acknowledged though

princfred:
Asian grew by following western civilization and appreciating its superiority but Africans like you rather deny the superiority of the west bit want to equate yourself to them on top f nothing. Youve got to know you are down to rise not feeling and claiming to be at par when you are actually down. If Aba shoe makers appreciate tge reality that okrika shoes are superior quality them too will strive to improve but if they already believe theirs to be if same quality even against reality , how can they now strive to improve? Thats the bane of Africa.

You see this is where you made your biggest mistake. Please read to comprehend. Nobody on this thread has made the argument that blacks are fine where they are and don’t have a need to prosper economically. All that has been said on this thread is to believe. If you can’t conceive something, then you definitely cannot achieve it. The Aba people you mention believe in themselves and are hard working and innovative. They are also seeking to improve every day. The people you should be focused on are the Nigerians who dismiss their products as “Aba made” and automatically assume the products are the lowest of the low just because they are made by their country men. Some even prefer to spend forex to buy inferior foreign goods. I can tell you that although China is the manufacturing hub of the world, they ship different quality products to different countries and the stuff they send to Nigeria is pure garbage. Some of the product made in Aba are definitely better than that garbage. YES, I said it!!